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J. D. PIERCE.

- Y FEBD'BX. No. 303,043. Patented Aug, 1884.

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JAMES D. PIERCE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO JAMES Gr.y FLANDERS AND ELIAS H. BO'ITUM, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

FEED-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,043, dated August 5, 1884.

Application filed November 8, 1883., (No model To @ZZ when?, it may cone-ern.-

Be it known that I, .Lines D. Pinnen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and 5 State of 'Wisconsim have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Improved Feed- Boxes, oi' which the following is a description.

My invention relates to feed boxes or man- Io gers; and it consists, essentially, of a basin or trough provided with inwardly-projecting upright wings. Its object is to prevent waste of feed by preventing the animal from scooping or flirting the same out of the basin with his i 5 nose, and by supplying Vhim with 'sufficient air for breathing while he is eating.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of my improved device.

A is the basin proper, made of any convenzo ient shape-round, oval, or square-according to the circumstances of each particular case. An y suitable material maybeused in its mann facture, although I prefer cast-iron, of which the feed-box may be formed with wings com- 25 plete at one operation in an ordinary sand mold.

a a a are inwardlyprojecting wings located at the sides or ends of the basin A, and eX- tending from the top of the saine nearly to the 3o bottom,in such manner as to prevent the animal from bringing his nose close enough to the sides to scoop or tirt the feed out of the basin. The wings a a a, keeping the nose of the animal away from the sides of the basin A, as

35 j ust described, allow the grain or feed which he' scoops up with his nose to fall between them to the bottom; at the same time they permit the free admission of air into the basin,

so that the animal is able to breathe readily 4o without raising his nose ont of said basin.

Any desired number of wings placed at convenient intervals from each other may be used. They may be perpendicular,oblique, or spiral, and in either form effect the same purpose without excluding air from the basin. 45

.that I have provided the herein-described'5o wings.

I have observed, also, that when air is not freely admitted to the feed-receptacle horses will raise their noses out of the same after Elling their mouths, the result of which is that they scatter and waste more or less of their feed. Vith this fact in view, I have aimed io admit an ample supply ot' air into the bottoni of lthe basin in such manner that the same shall not be shut off when the animal is feeding. I accomplish this important end by setting the wings a a a in an upright (or nearly upright) position, as above described.

B B represent perforated flanges for fastening' the basin to the corner of the stall. Any other convenient means of attachment :may be used, according to the form of the basin and its position in the stall. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 7G Aent, is-

A feed-box or manger, A, having wide-open top and closed bottom, and provided with inwardly-projecting upright wings a. i a upon its inner sides, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

Cans. L. Goss, FRANK Rnonnsnonn. 

